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Today is All Hallow’s Eve. Onions are 97% water. Sponges do not have organs.  Today in 1952, the Stratford Shakespearean Festival was incorporated.  My neighbours dressed up as almonds for Hallowe’en—I always knew they were nuts. Had the Allies had to drop a third bomb on Japan in 1945, the intended target was Tokyo. There are three main branches of science. Forced to abdicate in 476, Romulus Augustulus was Rome’s last Caesar. Phobos and Deimos are the two moons that orbit Mars. The scariest Hallowe’en costume of all is to dress as a cellphone battery about to die. Americans spend $6 billion on Hallowe’en, the year's second most commercial holiday.  St. Matthew is the patron saint of accountants and bookkeepers. Using a slingshot in a Canadian National Park is illegal.  Oxygen is a pale blue colour in its liquid and solid states. Hallowe’en was once the most frightening day of the year—now it’s election night.  ...

Today in 1775, King George III addressed Parliament to declare the American Colonies in rebellion. There are six days until Hallowe’en. The blindness caused by pepper spray lasts from 15 to 30 minutes. Every winter some 4.9 million tonnes of salt is spread on our roads, from St. John’s to Victoria. Any pumpkin weighing 50 kilos or more is called a pumpkin. Covered by Britian’s health scheme, the cost of a root canal is £59.10. Fewer than 1% of Earth’s population are hechtochromites—have two differently-coloured eyes. The word ‘percent’ comes from the Latin per centum, meaning ‘by the hundred’.   When animals die, veterinarians often perform necropsies.  Witches who live together are broommates. Electrophobes suffer from an irrational fear of electricity.  Polka dot fabric was given its name in 1857. After skin, the liver is the second largest organ in the human body. In 2017, 70 teams from 11 countries took part in th...